Kaunas University of Technology receives National Energy Globe award

Celebrating World Environment Day 2012 under the patronage of UNESCO and in cooperation with UNIDO and UNEP, Energy Globe award ceremony was held on 5 June 2012, Kaunas University of Technology (KTU) said in a statement.

KTU Institute of Environmental
Engineering (APINI) won National Energy Globe award for Lithuania with its
master degree programme in Environmental Management and Cleaner Production,
reports LETA/ELTA.

Energy Globe Awards are today's
most prominent and prestigious environmental awards. Each year some 800
projects and initiatives from all over the world are submitted to compete for
the award in the categories Earth, Fire, Water, Air and Youth. Celebrating its
10th anniversary this year, KTU master degree programme in Environmental
Management and Cleaner Production was selected from over 6000 projects from 151
countries.

The programme is a two-year masters
course in Environmental Management and Cleaner Production, a total of 120 ETCS
Credits, suitable for graduates with qualifications in many engineering fields
such as Chemical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Civil Engineering,
Environmental Engineering, Materials Technology and others.

It is the second Energy Globe award
received by KTU Institute of Environmental Engineering. In 2008 the Institute
was awarded the National Energy Globe award for the development of SPIN (System
for Preventive Energy Saving & Waste Minimization Innovation Development
and Implementation) with the purpose of promoting development and
implementation of energy-saving and waste-avoiding preventive innovations.

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